Staurogyne Repens Live Aquatic Water Carpet Potted Aquarium Plants Freshwater Fish Tank Decoration by Exotic Plant P278 Buy 2 Get 1 FREE All our plants pass USDA requirement. Imported from the Rain Forrest in Thailand - USDA Certified Staurogyne Repens, great carpet plant. Fresh green compact plant. Its nearest relative in the aquaristic is Hygrophila but Staurogyne is different with its marked compact, low and bushy stature and small green leaves. During planting in the aquarium, the longest upright shoots should be cut off and new horizontally creeping shoots will soon form from the plant basis and gradually colonize the gravel.